情调 (情調)
qíng diào
Pinyin

Definition

情调 (情調)
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qíng diào
  1. sentiment
  2. tone and mood
  3. taste

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
情
qíng
  1. 1 feeling
  2. 2 emotion
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 situation
爱情
ài qíng
  1. 1 romance
  2. 2 love (romantic)
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 份 fèn
感情
gǎn qíng
  1. 1 emotion
  2. 2 sentiment
  3. 3 affection
  4. 4 feelings between two persons
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural
入情入理
rù qíng rù lǐ
  1. 1 sensible and reasonable (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.

Sample Sentences

你说得是！那对狗男女，贱人就是矫情！出轨就出轨，还这么讲究创意和情调。
nǐ shuō de shì ！nà duì gǒu nánnǚ ，jiànrén jiùshì jiǎoqíng ！chūguǐ jiù chūguǐ ，hái zhème jiǎngjiu chuàngyì hé qíngdiào 。
Yes, you're right! That cheating couple! Hussy's are always cunning like that. If you're going to cheat, just cheat, what's with all the creativity and romance!
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噢，所以时间错了，意思是秋天啤酒配炸鸡没什么情调。
ò ，suǒyǐ shíjiān cuò le ，yìsi shì qiūtiān píjiǔ pèi zhà jī méi shénme qíngdiào 。
Oh, so I got the timing wrong. You mean that there's no sense of atmosphere about eating fried chicken and drinking beer in Autumn.
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没错，再说了，炸鸡虽好，但毕竟也就是垃圾食品，多吃无益。要说既营养又美味还有情调的组合，在秋天那必须是大闸蟹配黄酒的呀！
méicuò ，zàishuō le ，zhájī suī hǎo ，dàn bìjìng yějiùshì lājī shípǐn ，duō chī wúyì 。yào shuō jì yíngyǎng yòu měiwèi háiyǒu qíngdiào de zǔhé ，zài qiūtiān nà bìxū shì dàzháxiè pèi huángjiǔ de ya ！
That's right. And also, although fried chicken is good, given it's junk food, it's not good to eat too much of it. If you want to talk about a combination that's nutritious, tasty and also has a sense of atmosphere, then it's eating Chinese mitten crabs while drinking huangjiu!
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情调
qíngdiào
mood, tone, atmosphere
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中国人经常觉得欧洲是很有情调的地方。虽然我没有去过，不过想一想，就是好像所有的地方都很有情调。
Zhōngguórén jīngcháng juéde ōuzhōu shì hěn yǒu qíngdiào de dìfang 。suīrán wǒ méiyǒu qù guo ，bùguò xiǎng yi xiǎng ，jiùshì hǎoxiàng suǒyǒu de dìfang dōu hěn yǒu qíngdiào 。
Chinese people often think that Europe is a place with lots of atmosphere. Although I haven't gone, when I think about it, I think it seems like every place there has real atmosphere.
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咖啡馆很有情调。
kāfēiguǎn hěn yǒu qíngdiào 。
Coffee shops have a nice atmosphere.
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所以我们觉得像那样的西餐厅很有情调。
suǒyǐ wǒmen juéde xiàng nàyàng de xīcāntīng hěn yǒu qíngdiào 。
So we think that places like Western restaurants have atmosphere.
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一般我们说中国的餐厅都没有什么情调。
yībān wǒmen shuō Zhōngguó de cāntīng dōu méiyǒu shénme qíngdiào 。
Generally, we say that Chinese restaurants don't have any atmosphere.
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去法租界么，主要是感受那种异国风情和小资情调。要不我带你去几个典型的地方感觉感觉？
qù Fǎzūjiè me ，zhǔyào shì gǎnshòu nà zhǒng yìguófēngqíng hé xiǎozīqíngdiào 。yàobu wǒ dài nǐ qù jǐ ge diǎnxíng de dìfang gǎnjué gǎnjue ？
As far as the French Concession goes, the main reason to go is to take in the exotic, bourgeois feel. How about I take you to a few of the classic spots to let you get a feel for the area?
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一定很有情调吧？
yīdìng hěnyǒu qíngdiào ba ？
It must have wonderful ambiance, then?
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